by Jim Lambert | Jan 15, 2017 | Winter, Wrestling
Cranford won five individual titles and rolled to its third-straight Union County Tournament team title at Union High School on Saturday. Cranford, ranked No. 6 in the state by NJ.com, finished with 248 points. Roselle Park, which had only one individual champ, was a...
by Jim Lambert | Jan 15, 2017 | Winter, Wrestling
“4 Baby!” Those were the first words emphatically ushered by Cranford standout senior wrestler Tom DiGiovanni immediately after he held off Summit senior Philip Angelo 2-1 to capture the 138-pound championship. DiGiovanni became Cranford’s first 4-time Union County...
by Jim Lambert | Jan 3, 2017 | Boys Basketball, Winter
We’re just a few weeks into the New Jersey high school basketball season and just days into 2017, but a marquee Union County battle is already here. Patrick School, No. 1 in the NJ.com Top 20, plays its first game in New Jersey this season when it faces No....
by Jim Lambert | Jan 3, 2017 | Boys Basketball, Winter
Union County is routinely one of the toughest high school basketball regions in the country, and that is no different this season. With four teams in the top six of the NJ.com Top 20 and another team on the cusp of the rankings, the Union County Conference is the...
by Jim Lambert | Dec 18, 2016 | Boys Basketball, Winter
Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium will be rocking on Opening Night this Friday, Dec. 16, with a special tripleheader to jump start the 2016-2017 Union County boys basketball season. The 2nd Annual St. Jude Benefit Basketball Games at UHS features...
by Jim Lambert | Nov 27, 2016 | Swimming, Winter
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls swimming team will begin the 2016-17 season as two-time defending Union County Tournament champions. This year, the Raiders will look to three-peat. “Obviously, we’d like to win the county’s again,†said Scotch...
